My FL into Bitcoin friend is still posting nonsense about how she’ll soon be a millionaire thanks to Bitcoin (but her FL stuff is pretty half hearted even with the build up to Christmas). Now every other post involves going on about how she can help people, and there’s lots of pm-humming when anyone takes the bait and asks.
The “helping people” line put me in mind of Thangbot, as uses that tactic a lot. That’s the saddest thing of all for my friend- it’s now normal for her to try and exploit her friends for a bit of extra cash. The PM tactic tells me load and clear that she has an interest in signing people up, presumably to make some cash. So she is trying to persuade friends to part with money, dressed up as helping them when actually it’s helping her. This will go very wrong if they later lose that money! I don’t think she sees anything wrong in reeling in people who trust her...but perhaps I am being too harsh?
I don’t think Thangbot understands the sheer outrageousness of having a friend do a money raising raffle for her (which she then tried to buy a ticket for!!!) after her burglary, then “popping on” to lecture people about how they shouldn’t be struggling with health or money, cos her business can help with all of that, and by the way she’s back from Milan and off to Vegas. No conscience.
“MLM- making CF the norm since 1990” (or something like that.